This is mainly a note of Congratulations to a Canadian observer we might consider as part of the NEUS Network - Michel Michaud. Michel does some rather "serious" work (astrometry, spectroscopy, and NOT astroimaging) from the mouth of the St Lawrence River near Rimouski.?
I helped him get started, and he's now added occultations to his project list. He has a several scopes in an observatory (largest a 14-inch), and uses ZWO cameras. Recently I helped get him a version of Aart's flasher so he now has a GPS-referenced timing device.
Just recently he captured his 2nd (April 26th UT) and 3rd (April 30th UT) occultations - both now listed on the North American Results Page:
* https://www.asteroidoccultation.com/observations/Results/Reviewed/Data2024/20240426_549_Jessonda_Prediction.gif
* https://www.asteroidoccultation.com/observations/Results/Reviewed/Data2024/20240430_95_Arethusa_Prediction.gif
So keep him in mind when you see a nice shadow crossing a bit north of us. I hope he can capture more events in the near future.
Congrats Michel!
? ?George
George Viscome